EP2208676B1 - Rohrklemme - Google Patents

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EP2208676B1
EP2208676B1 EP09015655A EP09015655A EP2208676B1 EP 2208676 B1 EP2208676 B1 EP 2208676B1 EP 09015655 A EP09015655 A EP 09015655A EP 09015655 A EP09015655 A EP 09015655A EP 2208676 B1 EP2208676 B1 EP 2208676B1
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Karl Birke
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L33/00—Arrangements for connecting hoses to rigid members; Rigid hose connectors, i.e. single members engaging both hoses
    • F16L33/02—Hose-clips
    • F16L33/025—Hose-clips tightened by deforming radially extending loops or folds
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L2201/00—Special arrangements for pipe couplings
    • F16L2201/10—Indicators for correct coupling

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  • the invention relates to a pipe clamp for connecting a pipe with a plug-in in the pipe fitting.
  • WO 2007/101110 A2 From the WO 2007/101110 A2 is a collet connector for connecting a pipe with a fitting known. It is provided admirstecken the pipe on the fitting, wherein a connecting element is inserted in the form of a sleeve on the overlap region of the pipe and fitting. Within this sleeve is a metal ring, by means of which the tube can be pressed onto the fitting. In order to be able to squeeze this metal ring, the sleeve-like connecting element has a window. Within this window, the metal strip is tangible with a squeezing tool.
  • this prior art ferrule is relatively expensive in material, expensive to manufacture and complicated to handle due to the many items involved.
  • a pipe clamp for connecting a pipe with a fitting insertable into the pipe, comprising a substantially annular clamping band, the clamping band along its circumferential direction comprises an annular portion and a clamping portion and wherein the clamping portion radially outwardly of the annular portion settles and thus is gripped by a crimping tool, and a housing which extends over the clamping portion and thus over part of the circumference of the tube.
  • the housing has an inner recess for receiving the clamping section and a wall adjacent to the clamping section and located radially outside the clamping section. This wall is breakable under the action of the crimping tool.
  • the term "tube” of course, a hose is to be understood and thus the pipe clamp is also designed to connect a hose with a connector.
  • a connector in the form of a nozzle or fittings is formed.
  • the fitting may be formed by another pipe or tube. In this case, a tube or a tube is then inserted into the further tube or the further tube and the resulting overlap region jammed by the tube clamp according to the invention.
  • the wall covers substantially the entire clamping portion. This ensures that the wall must be gripped by the crimping tool and thus breaks off during crimping. If you did not adapt the wall approximately to the entire width of the clamping portion, then using a crimping tool, which is narrower than the width of the clamping portion, a crimping of the clamping portion could be made without grabbing the wall and destroy it.
  • the wall each comprises a protruding shoulder on both sides to facilitate attachment of the squeezing tool and to prevent slippage of the squeezing tool.
  • the two paragraphs stand out in such a way that they widen the wall in a direction transverse to the pipe.
  • the heels extend only over part of the axial length of the wall.
  • the wall has at least one predetermined breaking point. As a result, the wall can be broken at an exact location of the housing. The remaining housing thus remains on the clamping portion, whereas the wall selectively breaks off and thus indicates that the squeezing was done.
  • the housing is made in one piece. This reduces both the work and machine use in the manufacture of the pipe clamp according to the invention considerably.
  • the housing made of plastic.
  • the wall can be designed so that it remains dimensionally stable during assembly, but breaks off by the crimping tool.
  • the housing is formed in two colors, and / or the wall is formed with a signal or luminescent color, and / or the clamping portion is in a color, different from its base material formed. If e.g. the entire clamping band made of metal, the clamping portion is formed in a color, other than metallic silver.
  • the housing has a first latching device for the radial fixation of the clamping band.
  • a first latching device can advantageously be provided in the form of latching lugs on the inner sides of the side wall of the housing.
  • the combination of the wall, the two side walls and the first locking device ensures that the housing sits firmly on the clamping section. Consequently, it is thus ensured that the pipe clamp according to the invention, consisting of the two parts clamping band and housing, does not disintegrate into two parts before being used on a pipe.
  • the clamping band is made of metal and designed so that a clamping function of the pipe clamp is brought about by squeezing the clamping portion.
  • the clamping band is usually advantageously closed along its circumference. In the area of the clamping portion, between two points of attack of the crimping tool, however, the clamping band can be open. So that the clamping function of the pipe clamp is brought about by squeezing the clamping portion, is advantageously considered in the choice of material of the clamping band whose plastic deformability.
  • the side of the housing a disc-shaped holder is arranged with a circular recess.
  • the bracket is adapted to receive the pipe and / or the fitting.
  • the disc-shaped holder substantially follows the circular shape of the annular portion of the clamping band.
  • the circular recess within the disc-shaped support is adapted to either a diameter of the fitting or a diameter of the pipe.
  • the circular recess may also have two different inner diameters and thus provide a receptacle for both the connector and for the pipe.
  • the disk-shaped holder facing side wall is spaced by an axial offset from the disc-shaped holder.
  • This offset is defined between an outer side of this side wall and an outer side of the annular holder.
  • this offset corresponds to the width of the annular holder, so that an inner side of the annular holder is aligned with the outside of the wall.
  • the clamping band is arranged axially offset from an inner wall of the disc-shaped holder. This creates a gap between the bracket and clamping band, which detects the Aufschiebtiefe the pipe clamp.
  • the disk-shaped holder provides that at least one shoulder is provided on an end face of this holder, which is designed to hold the annular portion of the clamping band.
  • the disk-shaped holder thus extends laterally of the clamping band, wherein the clamping band rests with its usually very thin end face on an end face of the disk-shaped holder. So that now the clamping band retains its annular shape and is not deformed into, for example, an unwanted oval state, the end face of the disc-shaped holder provides at least one shoulder for fixing the clamping band.
  • one manufactures the housing together with the disk-shaped holder integrally made of plastic, in order to optimize both the working time and the material and machine use in the production.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the pipe clamp according to the invention provides that the holder comprises a second latching device, which is designed for connection to the connection piece.
  • the pipe clamp according to the invention can be connected to the connector.
  • This arrangement is particularly easy to install for the user of the pipe clamp according to the invention, because thanks to the second latching device, the connector and the pipe clamp can be connected before the pipe is cut to length, for example, and plugged onto the connector.
  • the invention is based on an embodiment shown in the Fig. 1 to 8b , explained in more detail.
  • Fig. 1a / b show a pipe clamp according to the invention 1 according to the embodiment on a pipe or hose 2, in which a connector or fitting 3 is inserted.
  • the pipe clamp 1 consists of a clamping band 4 with a clamping portion 6, a the inner diameter of the clamping band 4 tapered collar 27 (to better recognize in the Fig. 8 a / b) and an annular portion 5, which follows the outer contour of the tube 2 and surrounds the tube.
  • This wall 8 is located radially outside of the clamping portion 6 and follows substantially the contour of the clamping portion 6.
  • a recess 22 in the annular portion 5 serves as a control window for checking the insertion depth of the pipe second
  • the clamping band 4 is made of metal.
  • the housing 7 including the wall 8 was injected integrally with the disk-shaped holder 9 made of plastic.
  • Fig. 1a / b thus show the tube 2, which is on a neck of the connector 3. Radially outside of the tube 2 and the overlap region of the connector 3 and the tube 2 is the tube clamp 1.
  • the clamping portion 6 of the tube clamp 1 is covered by the wall 8.
  • This wall 8 is designed break-off. A crimping tool thus inevitably surrounds this wall 8 and when crushing the clamping portion 6, the wall 8 is destroyed and detached from the pipe clamp 1. This can be determined by a quick look at the pipe clamp 1, if the crimping tool has already been recognized and the clamping connection between the tube 2 and the connector 3 was brought about.
  • Fig. 2 to 7b now show the pipe clamp 1 without the clamping band 4 to show details in the housing 7 and in the holder 9. For the sake of clarity, the tube 2 and the connector 3 in the Fig. 2 to 7b hidden.
  • Fig. 2 shows the housing 7 and the disk-shaped holder 9 of the pipe clamp 1 according to the embodiment. It can be seen how the holder 9 on a front face 20, a first paragraph 10a, a second paragraph 10b (to see better in Fig. 5 ) and a nose 11 for fixing the clamping band 4 has. Furthermore, a circular recess 18 is provided within the disc-shaped holder 9.
  • the housing 7 comprises a first side wall 15a, a second side wall 15b and a first web 16a and a second web 16b respectively between the first side wall 15a and the second side wall 15b.
  • the wall 8 extends from this first web 16 a band-shaped, viewed in cross-section arcuate or U-shaped, the second web 16 b. In other words, the wall 8 begins at the first web 16a and ends at the second web 16b, and vice versa.
  • the wall 8 goes over from the first web 16a into a first concave surface 12a. This is followed by a first convex surface 12b, after which the wall 8 merges into a flat surface 13.
  • the wall 8 bridges the clamping portion 6 of the clamping band 4 and then passes into a second convex surface 12c and an adjoining second concave surface 12d. Subsequently, the wall 8 runs into the second web 16b.
  • the second convex surface 12c and the second concave surface 12d are, for example, in FIG Fig. 3 good to see.
  • This just described concave surface 12a and the second concave surface 12d provide the engagement surfaces for the forceps-type crimping tool.
  • Fig. 2 between the first side wall 15a and the wall 8 and the second side wall 15b and the wall 8 are each a manufacturing gap 14 to see.
  • the wall 8 In order to manufacture the housing 7 in one piece, it is therefore necessary to have the two manufacturing gaps 14.
  • the wall 8 In order to manufacture the housing 7 in one piece, it is therefore necessary to have the two manufacturing gaps 14.
  • the wall 8 must be slightly spaced from the side walls 15a, 15b in order to ensure that the wall 8 falls off after the crimping.
  • the Fig. 3 to 5 show the housing 7 with the holder 9 of the pipe clamp 1 according to the embodiment in plan view and in two side views.
  • Fig. 3 is easy to see the just mentioned first latching device.
  • This consists of a first latching lug 19a, a second latching lug 19b and a third latching lug 19c.
  • These three locking lugs 19a, 19b, 19c serve to clip the clamping band 4 after completion of the housing 7 in selbiges. Due to the wedge-shaped design of the three locking lugs 19a, 19b, 19c, the clamping band 4, and in particular its clamping portion 6 is held on the inner surface of the wall 8. How to get in now Fig.
  • the third latching lug 19c is an integral part of the first side wall 15a, whereas the first latching lug 19a and the second latching lug 19b are an integral part of the second side wall 15b. Furthermore you can see in Fig. 4 in that the first latching lug 19a and the second latching lug 19b differ in their height, ie in their distance from the flat surface 13 of the wall 8, from the third latching lug 19c. Out Fig. 3 It can be seen that the third detent 19c is located exactly in the middle of the housing 7, whereas the first detent 19a is slightly offset from the second web 16b and the second detent 19b is slightly offset from the first web 16a.
  • the three locking lugs 19a, 19b, 19c are thereby adapted to the exact contour of the clamping portion 6.
  • This clamping portion 6 extends below the first concave surface 12a, the first convex surface 12b and the second convex surface 12c and the second concave surface 12d, corresponding to the wall 8 and conforms to the same.
  • This embodiment of the clamping portion 6 allows for pinching of the clamping portion 6 a concertina-like deformation of the clamping portion. 6
  • a second latching device consisting of a first flange 21a, a second flange 21b and a third flange 21c within the circular recess 18. These three flanges 21a, 21b, 21c engage corresponding grooves in the fitting 3 and thus lock the entire pipe clamp 1 when plugging on the connector 3 with selbigem.
  • FIG. 1 For example, it is shown how the first shoulder 10a engages in an arcuate recess of the annular portion 5 of the clamping band 4 and thus fixes the clamping band 4 in its shape.
  • Fig. 4 shows the outwardly directed nose 11 relative to the housing 7. Thanks to this nose 11, the annular portion 5 of the clamping band 4 can be held in its shape. This facilitates the attachment of the pipe clamp 1 on a pipe 2 or connector 3.
  • Fig. 6b and 7b show the housing 7 and the holder 9 of the pipe clamp 1 according to the embodiment in two sectional views.
  • Fig. 6a shows a section AA for the Fig. 6b
  • Fig. 7a shows a section BB for the Fig. 7b.
  • Fig. 6b again shows the inner recess 17, which is formed by the wall 8 in the housing 7 and serves to receive the clamping portion 6.
  • Fig. 7b shows the different positioning of the first latching lug 19a and the third latching lug 19c.
  • Fig. 8a / b is the clamping band 4 without housing 7 to see. It is clarified how the clamping section 6 is formed in order to adapt to the contour of the concave and convex surfaces 12a-12d of the wall 8.
  • the pipe clamp according to the invention despite a simple and inexpensive construction a safe Can ensure clamping connection between a pipe and a connector.
  • the pipe clamp according to the invention can be visually inspected at any time, whether the squeezing operation has been carried out. Characterized in that the break-off wall 8 extends over approximately the entire width of the clamping portion 6, it is ensured that the clamping portion 6 can not be grasped under any circumstances by a crimping tool without simultaneously grabbing the wall 8 and destroy it.
  • the Fig. 9 to 12 show a second embodiment of the pipe clamp 1.
  • the wall 8 comprises two outwardly projecting shoulders 23a, 23b.
  • the paragraphs 23a, 23b are formed nose-shaped and can thus be attacked by the crimping tool. Slipping of the squeezing tool is thus largely prevented.
  • the first shoulder 23a is located on the first convex surface 12b.
  • the second shoulder 23b is located on the second convex surface 12c.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 show an axial offset 24 between an outer side of the disk-shaped holder 9 and an outer side of the second side wall 15b.
  • This offset 24 creates a viewing gap 26 between the clamping band 4 and the bracket 9.
  • the Aufschiebtiefe the tube 2 is seen on the pipe clamp 1.
  • the collar 27 on the clamping band 4 see Fig. 8a
  • the tube 2 can thus be inserted to the stop on the holder 9 and is visible in the viewing gap 26.
  • the recess 22 see Fig. 8b
  • a claw ring 25 is formed on the inner circumference of the disk-shaped holder 9. This claw ring 25 engages in a corresponding groove in the connector 3 and thus locks the entire pipe clamp 1 when plugging on the connector 3 with selbigem.

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